EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hello all,
Longtime Logic user here but new to EXS24 thanks to the Logic Pro
upgrade.  I 've 
followed the general buzz on the EXS but now have had my first chance
to dig into it.  
This is not a critical review just my impressions that maybe those of
you who have 
already been here can enlighten me on.  Well?  I'm underwhelmed. 
Aside from how 
beautifully it integrates into Logic and all the housekeeping
benefits that offers as a 
sampler I'm asking "where's the beef?"  I'm just coming off of the
EMU EOS system that 
I had been using for 7 years and am sorely missing some things in the
EXS.  I knew 
beforehand that the EXS' filters and synthesis flexibility would be
crude in comparison 
but there's one thing that I'm really wondering about with the EXS. 
Velocity 
crossfading.  I see that you can do velocity switching of samples but
I'm used to being 
able to cross fade them dynamically.  Where at say vel 60 the next
sample starts to 
fade in and say at vel 80 you can have the first sample finally fade
out.  This was key 
to getting very natural playing instruments.  I have drumkits built
on the 
Clearmountain samples that we tweaked finely enough that very nuanced
drummers 
on Vdrums triggering the EMU would be very pleased with.  Am I
missing something 
about the EXS?  I know some are doing orchestral stuff on the EXS and
are even using 
the VSL stuff.  How does it come across?  I can't imagine that it
would sound natural 
with the different velocity samples hard switching across one
velocity integer.  How is 
it being done?  Also has anyone converted their sample libraries from
other formats 
such as EMU or Kurzweil that have more sophisticated voicing.  How
well does it 
translate?  Is Chickensys the app to use?  Anyone who has been
through this or has 
opinions please let me know what you think.  I'm not trying to elicit
a hard vs soft 
sampler debate.  That's kind of pointless now.  I'm just feeling that
maybe my EMU 
needs to go back in the rack.  And I was so getting used to the idea
of no CD roms, 
midi cables, etc.